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Manitoba plane crash update

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Nov 19, 2012 / 8:31 pm

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The wreckage of a plane crash near sits in a wooded area near Snow Lake, Man., on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. Seven survivors of a fatal plane crash in northwestern Manitoba were in stable condition in several different hospitals on Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - RCMP

Seven survivors of a fatal plane crash in northwestern Manitoba were in stable condition in several different hospitals on Monday.

Health officials said the men, who work for Dumas Mine Contracting, were being treated for non-life-threatening injuries in hospitals in The Pas, Thompson, Flin Flon and Winnipeg.

Media reports identified the pilot as 40-year-old Mark Gogal, who died from his injuries. His family owns the air service in Snow Lake.